Colleges for a Low SAT Score
College admission test taking is stressful. Not everyone rocks their SAT test. A low score doesn't mean you can't get into college. We've prepared a list of all selective admission, four year colleges which are likely to accept students who scored in the lower fifty percentile on the SAT. Based on school admission history, an applicant with a lower than average SAT has a good chance to get into these 348 schools. Schools are listed in order from low SAT score to highest.
Western Kentucky University
- Public 4 Year
- Bowling Green, KY
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- 950 average SAT
- Aug 1 application deadline
WKU is a public university known for undergraduate journalism, photojournalism, and broadcasting. The hilltop campus overlooks Bowling Green in south-central Kentucky.
- SAT Range 840-1050
- Avg GPA 3.42
- Acceptance Rate 94%
- Net Price $12,548
Charleston Southern University
- Private 4 Year
- Charleston, SC
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- 1050 average SAT
Charleston Southern is a private Baptist university known for undergraduate nursing, business, and education. The suburban campus sits in North Charleston in the greater Charleston area.
- SAT Range 930-1160
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.24
- Acceptance Rate 96%
- Net Price $21,080
Chowan University
- Private 4 Year
- Murfreesboro, NC
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3.0 | 3 reviews
- 1010 average SAT
Chowan is a small private Baptist university with undergraduate programs in education and business. Students live on a residential campus in the small town of Murfreesboro.
- SAT Range 880-1145
- Avg GPA 2.89
- Acceptance Rate 69%
- Net Price $15,206
Anderson University
- Private 4 Year
- Anderson, IN
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- 1030 average SAT
Anderson University is a private Christian university known for undergraduate music, nursing, and business. Most students live on its residential campus in Anderson, northeast of Indianapolis.
- SAT Range 900-1150
- Avg GPA 3.4
- Acceptance Rate 79%
- Net Price $25,332
Murray State University
- Public 4 Year
- Murray, KY
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- 1060 average SAT
Murray State is a public university known for undergraduate education, agriculture, and nursing. Murray is a small college town in western Kentucky built around the campus.
- SAT Range 940-1170
- Avg GPA 3.57
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $10,182
Baker University
- Private 4 Year
- Baldwin City, KS
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- 1050 average SAT
Baker is a private Methodist-related university known for undergraduate education, nursing, and business. The historic campus sits in the small college town of Baldwin City.
- SAT Range 970-1130
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Acceptance Rate 94%
- Net Price $26,211
University of Baltimore
- Public 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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5.0 | 2 reviews
- 1040 average SAT
University of Baltimore is a public university known for undergraduate business, criminal justice, and legal studies. The urban campus sits in Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood.
- SAT Range 740-1330
- Avg GPA 2.89
- Acceptance Rate 79%
- Net Price $14,545
Saginaw Valley State University
- Public 4 Year
- University Center, MI
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 1050 average SAT
Saginaw Valley State is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The campus is in University Center between Saginaw and Bay City.
- SAT Range 920-1170
- Avg GPA 3.48
- Acceptance Rate 72%
- Net Price $11,546
Life University
- Private 4 Year
- Marietta, GA
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| 0 reviews
- 1030 average SAT
Life University is a private university known for chiropractic education and undergraduate exercise science and biology. The suburban campus is in Marietta near Atlanta.
- SAT Range 920-1130
- Avg GPA 3.11
- Acceptance Rate 93%
- Net Price $29,111
Eastern Illinois University
- Public 4 Year
- Charleston, IL
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- 990 average SAT
Eastern Illinois is a mid-sized public university known for undergraduate teacher education and business. The residential campus sits in the college town of Charleston in east-central Illinois.
- SAT Range 880-1090
- Avg GPA 3.39
- Acceptance Rate 65%
- Net Price $13,787
Coppin State University
- Public 4 Year
- Baltimore, MD
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- 950 average SAT
- Jul 15 application deadline
Coppin State is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate nursing and teacher education. The urban campus sits in west Baltimore.
- SAT Range 880-1020
- Avg GPA 2.62
- Acceptance Rate 46%
- Net Price $9,831
West Texas A & M University
- Public 4 Year
- Canyon, TX
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 1060 average SAT
- Aug 1 application deadline
West Texas A&M is a public university known for undergraduate agriculture, nursing, and business. The campus is in Canyon, a small college town in the Texas Panhandle.
- SAT Range 950-1170
- Avg GPA 3.61
- Acceptance Rate 99%
- Net Price $15,572
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
- Public 4 Year
- Tifton, GA
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 970 average SAT
ABAC is a public state college known for undergraduate agriculture, natural resources, and agribusiness. Most students live on the residential campus in rural south Georgia Tifton.
- SAT Range 860-1080
- Avg GPA 2.85
- Acceptance Rate 76%
- Net Price $7,308
Georgetown College
- Private 4 Year
- Georgetown, KY
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 1060 average SAT
Georgetown College is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate education and business. Most undergrads live on its residential campus in a small Kentucky college town.
- SAT Range 960-1160
- Avg GPA 3.54
- Acceptance Rate 91%
- Net Price $15,160
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- Public 4 Year
- Edinburg, TX
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| 0 reviews
- 990 average SAT
- Jul 1 application deadline
UTRGV is a large public university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and engineering. Campuses span the Rio Grande Valley near the U.S.-Mexico border.
- SAT Range 880-1090
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.16
- Acceptance Rate 94%
- Net Price $5,282
CUNY Medgar Evers College
- Public 4 Year
- Brooklyn, NY
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| 0 reviews
- 940 average SAT
Medgar Evers is a public CUNY college known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The urban campus is located in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood.
- SAT Range 850-1020
- Avg GPA NA
- Acceptance Rate 86%
- Net Price $6,273
Brevard College
- Private 4 Year
- Brevard, NC
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- 1050 average SAT
Brevard is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate wilderness leadership and environmental studies. The campus sits in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Pisgah National Forest.
- SAT Range 870-1220
- Avg GPA 3.07
- Acceptance Rate 42%
- Net Price $26,930
American International College
- Private 4 Year
- Springfield, MA
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- 1030 average SAT
- Sep 7 application deadline
AIC is a private college known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus sits in a residential section of Springfield.
- SAT Range 940-1110
- Avg GPA 2.91
- Acceptance Rate 100%
- Net Price $23,086